Following the publication of the Government Transformation Strategy, Government Digital Service (GDS) have been visiting departments round the country in a series of roadshows. We hosted two of the roadshows – in Newcastle and Leeds – and it was a …

Hi, I’m Claire Harrison, a Service Architect at DWP in Leeds. As part of my role, I spend a lot of time researching other projects going on across government, so I was intrigued to attend my first Transforming Together event …

Hi, I’m Rachel Woods, a product owner at DWP Digital. On 21 and 22 February myself and colleagues from government departments and agencies such as the NHS, DVLA, Home Office and the Government Digital Service came together in Leeds for a …

After calling out the merits of hack days in my blog Collaborating across government: let’s hack, I must admit to feeling a little nervous on the day of the hack itself. We’d persuaded 40 people from across government to join …

As part of the Secure Comms team I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in a collaborative cross-government service between Health and DWP. We’ve collaborated with colleagues in NHS Digital in Leeds to deliver a secure integration gateway (called SerVe). …

The Cross Government Design meeting took place recently, with more than 60 people gathering at Digital DWP. This was the 9th gathering of designers from across government, along with designers from the Government Digital Service (GDS). It was also the …